Jimmy MacCarthy at Draíocht

One of Ireland's foremost songwriters Jimmy MacCarthy returns to performing with his Prophecy/Conspiracy? tour. Having written for major Irish artists Christy Moore, Mary Black, Mary Coughlan, Maura O’Connell, and Westlife, and released four albums of his own. Jimmy’s tour will pay homage to old favourites such as ‘Neidin’, while introducing more recent work such as ‘Andalucian Gray’ and ‘Children of Mile’. A native of Macroom Co. Cork Jimmy MacCarthy was singing in pubs and busking from an early age. His first single ‘Miles of Eyes’ was released in 1981 and from there he went on to create some of the most well known songs in the Irish folk and contemporary repertoire such as ‘Ride On’, ’No Frontiers’ ,’Katie’, ‘The Bright Blue Rose’, ‘The Contender’, ’Mystic Lipstick’ ‘Missing you’ and many more.